Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor
British freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals in the 1908 Olympics, followed by a bronze in both 1912 and 1920.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSwimmer
Date of Birth17 March 1885
running philosophy men
The philosophy which affects to teach us a contempt of money does not run very deep; for, indeed, it ought to be still more clear to the philosopher than it is to ordinary men, that there are few things in the world of greater importance.
order giving generosity
When you give, therefore, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give.
strong love-is world
Prodigality is indeed the vice of a weak nature, as avarice is of a strong one; it comes of a weak craving for those blandishments of the world which are easily to be had for money, and which, when obtained, are as much worse than worthless as a harlot's love is worse than none.
mother foresight
Fear, indeed, is the mother of foresight...
men important share
If you know how a man deals with his money, how he gets it, spends it, keeps it, shares it, you know one of the most important things about him.
ignorance years secret
A secret may be sometimes best kept by keeping the secret of its being a secret. It is not many years since a State secret of the greatest importance was printed without being divulged, merely by sending it to the press like any other matter, and trusting to the mechanical habits of the persons employed. They printed it piecemeal in ignorance of what it was about.
ambition self intellectual
Wisdom is corrupted by ambition, even when the quality of the ambition is intellectual. For ambition, even of this quality, is but a form of self-love...
sweet disappointment adversity
Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love...
listening-ear soul sirens
No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear has charmed the soul of the siren.
sacrifice self essence
He who gives only what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self-sacrifice.
art money mean
The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.